This report has been developed to provide interested parties with a brief summary of United States Border Control (USBC); its goals, philosophy, strategy, accomplishments and finances. USBC was incorporated on September 26, 1988 in the Commonwealth of Virginia. The organization was granted its tax-exempt status by the Internal Revenue Service on December 6, 1989.
USBC is a 501(c)(4) tax-exempt, non-profit lobby group. Contributions or
gifts to this organization are not deductible for federal income tax purposes. For more
detailed information, a copy of our IRS Form 990 is available to interested parties upon
written request.
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Our Mission
America is suffering for the lack of comprehensive border and
immigration policies. Many current U.S. laws regarding immigration and border policy are
either outmoded or ineffective, and go unenforced. By current estimates, between 4,000 and
10,000 illegal immigrants arrive in this country every day. This human tide puts a tremendous
burden on society in a many ways:
The Social Security Administration estimates that it will
be paying $8 billion a year to illegal immigrants by the year 2026.
Illegal immigrants occupy 56% of all public housing in Los Angeles.
Dade County, Florida spent $21 million to educate undocumented children in one
year.
Clearly, illegal immigration is at crisis proportions. Unfortunately,
there are those who benefit from this situation. Shortsighted politicians, eager to
attract new immigrants voters, have relaxed immigration standards instead of strengthening
them..
Immigrants rights groups are fighting to help would-be illegal immigrants
circumvent our laws in an effort to increase their constituency and the power of their
organizations. We believe those who conspire to allow illegal immigrants to continue
to stream across our borders are doing great harm to our economy, to the environment,
and to the very social fabric of our nation.
Our mission is to see to it that America establishes a comprehensive border
and immigration policy in order to control the illegal immigration which has caused so
many problems and is chiefly responsible for animosity against all immigrants in this
country.
Goals
USBC intends to wage an all-out campaign to expose all those who profit
from illegal immigration and help Congress to put a stop to this activity. We believe
that a drastic reduction in illegal immigration can be accomplished by the following
means:
Secure our borders - President Ronald Reagan said, "A nation without
borders is not a nation." It is both absurd and obscene that the United States, the
most powerful nation on the earth, is unable or unwilling to secure its borders
against drugs, disease, illegal migration and terrorism. If America is to survive
as a nation, its border must be secure.
A Moratorium on Immigration -
America has been overwhelmed by the sheer number of aliens, illegal and legal, that have entered
the United States in the last decade. No assimilation is taking place. The "melting
pot" that enabled people from throughout the world to come to America to live and work together
in peace and harmony is broken. America needs an immigration "time out" so we can absorb all those
who truly want to live "the American dream" and get rid of those who don't.
Make Citizenship Mean Something - (a) Change the laws which now
grant automatic citizenship to babies born to women who illegally entered the United
States. (b) Enforce existing requirements for U.S. citizenship, i.e. real English
proficiency and a basic understanding of our Constitution and laws.
Stop the Handouts - Abolish laws and regulations which provide
federal or state benefits (except real emergency medical care) for illegal
immigrants. And pass legislation to withhold federal funds from any "sanctuary" cities
that protect illegal aliens and encourage illegal migration.
End "Green Card" Fraud - Institute a tamper-proof
Social Security card, to be required when obtaining employment or receiving benefits.
And pass legislation to ban the acceptance of Mexico's "Matricula Consular" cards,
a document designed to allow illegal aliens to conduct business in America.
Deport Criminals - (a) Deport any illegal alien or resident
alien convicted of a felony offense. (b) Negotiate a bilateral prisoner exchange treaty
with Mexico whereby criminals convicted of crimes in America serve their sentences in
Mexico. (c) Revise amnesty provisions to allow for the recision of amnesty and the immediate
deportation of any illegal immigrant convicted of a felony during a three-year probationary
period.
Hold Our Neighbors Accountable - Withhold any and all forms of
economic cooperation with any nation unless it agrees to cooperate with the U.S. on (a)
stopping illegal emigration of its citizens, (b) the acceptance of the findings of our
judicial system and (c) the agreement to incarcerate, in their own prisons, their nationals
who have committed crimes in the U.S.
Philosophy
USBC does not oppose controlled legal immigration. America is
a nation of immigrants and has benefited from the ideas, energy and spirit of immigrants
throughout its existence as a nation. We do, however, believe in controlling the volume
of immigration for the nation's best interests.
This will ensure that America benefits from, and is not overwhelmed
by, the effects of new citizens from all over the world. Emma Lazarus' poem at the Statue
of Liberty says nothing about, "Give me your tired and poor so we can provide for
their every need free of charge." Yet in many cases, that is exactly what happens.
The taxpayers of the United States cannot support the world's poor.
The American people re generous, but there are limits to what we can provide. If we allow
the flood of illegal immigration to continue, and increase the burden of the welfare state
on the backs of the taxpayers, we have crossed the line of compassion and entered the
realm of foolish self-destruction.
By bankrupting America, we could bring about a standard of living in
this country approaching that which the illegal immigrants fled. Certainly, we must do
what we can to help those less fortunate, but seriously damaging our own economy by allowing
illegal immigration to go unabated ultimately helps no one and will only engender deep
resentment in this country.
One of the reasons we support the implementation of a strong,
comprehensive American immigration policy is to help protect those legal immigrants
already here from the inevitable backlash of racism and xenophobia that accompanies
unchecked illegal immigration.
We believe that our current lack of policy and enforcement serves
to harm many legal immigrants to this country by wrongly making entire ethnic populations
suspect in the minds of many people, hindering these populations' pursuit of the American
dream.
As Americans, we can be justifiably proud of what our nation represents
and grateful that we are fortunate enough to live here. America's future greatness depends
on the preservation of the ideals upon which this country was founded.
We believe in liberty, justice and freedom from excessive taxation.
Illegal immigration offends our sense of justice, increases our tax burden and, by pushing
us toward financial ruin, seriously threatens our liberty. By securing her borders against
illegal immigration, America can ensure her place as the beacon of freedom for all the
people of the world.
Strategy
USBC seeks to educate and mobilize the public through
national polling, petition drives and letter-writing campaigns. We assist Congressmen by
helping them find cosponsors and supporters for their immigration legislation, and by
furnishing research and statistical analysis of border and immigration issues.
While we
maintain a strong presence on Capitol Hill and on the Internet, our primary means of
effecting change in public policy is by "grass-roots" lobbying. The term
grass-roots means "pertaining to the common people," as contrasted from the Washington elite.
This is fundamental to our philosophy.
Frankly, we believe that the so-called "common people" are the
true possessors of the most commonsense, and the elite in Washington would do well to listen
to what those people have to say about immigration and related issues. Therefore, we analyze
the immigration votes of every Representative and Senator to provide the public with this
information. This program helps Americans make their elected officials more responsive
to the needs of their constituents and ensures that USBC truly reflects the opinions of
its membership and supporters.
Legislative Highlights
USBC has been a leading force in immigration and border policy reform
since 1988 and has many legislative victories to its credit. While space does not permit a
full review, the following legislative highlights are examples of the kinds of issues with
which we are concerned and in which we had played an important role:
In 1989, USBC killed a bill to establish a 200-mile wide "free
trade zone" across our southern border with Mexico. This zone would have been jointly
controlled by Mexico and the U.S. It would have effectively surrendered sovereignty of 400,000
square miles of U.S. territory, placed American citizens under the authority of Mexican
federales, and given illegals a 200 mile running start into the heartland of America.
This bill was on a fast track to quick passage prior to our public education campaign.
In 1994, USBC, in cooperation with members of both the House and Senate,
effectively reversed a policy decision by INS Commissioner Doris Meissner to eliminate the
fingerprint checks routinely given to anyone seeking a visa to enter the U.S. This program
had stopped 9000 criminals from entering our country 1993 and, through our efforts, shall
remain in place.
In 1995, USBC lobbied against unsafe, uninspected Mexican trucks, driven
by unlicensed, non-English speaking Mexican nationals from extending the range they are allowed
to travel into America. Then- Transportation Secretary Frederico Pena agreed to hold up all
approvals of such requests pending talks with Mexico. That temporary hold will end in 2001,
unless we are able to extend it.
In 1996, USBC exposed the immigration fraud connected with the INS' Citizenship
USA program that was processing hundreds of thousands of citizenship applications as fast as
possible, waiving citizenship requirements like the ability to speak English or understand our
history. Many thousands of these new citizens had criminal records. Border Control successfully
lobbied for Congressional investigations of this outrage.
Also in 1996, Border Control successfully lobbied to have the bilateral
prisoner exchange treaty added to the year-end bundle of immigration reforms added to the
appropriations bill. The treaty, when concluded, will require criminal aliens to serve their
sentences in prisons back in their native countries, rather than in the relative luxury of
American prisons.
In 1997, Border Control threw its support behind the efforts of Congressman
James A. Traficant (D-OH/17) to permit the use of troops on the border in support of the
Border Patrol. Twice the House of Representatives approved of this legislation as an amendment
to omnibus legislation, but, each time, Senate conferees killed the legislation by removing
it from the final bill. Border Control will continue to support this measure in 1999.
U.S. Border Control supported the successful effort by Congressman Elton
Gallegly (R-CA/23) to make permanent pilot programs that identify criminal and illegal
aliens prior to their arraignment, thereby either preventing their release back into the
community once their sentences have been served or preparing them for deportation. This
year USBC will assist in the efforts to fully fund the positions needed to maintain the
program as well as to expand it to 100 communities next year.
US Border Patrol was pleased to assist in the passage of legislation by
Congressman Ron Packard (R-CA/48) to close the loophole in federal regulations that permitted
illegal immigrants to receive grants from the federal government to relocate their housing
under the Uniform Relocation Act. After learning that an illegal immigrant had received a
$12,000 grant under this Act, Congressman Packard introduced this bill; USBC endorsed the
bill and lobbied for its enactment.
US Border Control lobbied for the creation of a Congressional Reform Panel
to reorganize the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS), writing to the Chairmen and
Ranking Minority Members of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice,
State, and Judiciary and the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration and Claims.
The Chairman of the House Appropriations Subcommittee has now required that the Attorney
General of the United States present a reorganization plan to his committee no later than
April 1, 1998. USBC will work to strengthen the momentum behind the efforts to reorganize
the Immigration and Naturalization Service in 2000.
In 1997, USBC formed the Bipartisan Immigration Caucus in order to bring
together Members of Congress and their staffs and those working on pertinent subcommittees
to share information about their efforts at immigration reform and to coordinate investigations
into agencies where abuses of immigration and naturalization laws are being uncovered. The
program has met with great success.
USBC filed two Freedom of Information Requests (FOIA) to force the INS to
release information it is currently withholding which relate to policies by or actions of
the INS which subject citizens to danger from illegal aliens or to wrongdoing by the INS in
the exercise of its authority.
In 1998, Border Control filed an amicus brief to challenge Census sampling
as proposed by the Clinton Administration. In lieu of an actual head count of all Americans,
as prescribed by the Constitution, the Administration wanted to use statistical sampling to
conduct the Census. Border Control, concerned that such a procedure would allow bias and
manipulation to enter the Census and would allow politicians to over or underestimate the
number of aliens residing in the United States, challenged and won the decision at the
U.S. Supreme Court.
Also in 1998, U.S. Border Control was a major sponsor of Immigration Reform
Awareness Week, an effort to enable concerned citizens from across the nation to come to
Washington in order to demonstrate support for immigration reform to their elected
Representatives.
In 1999, U.S. Border Control formed the Coalition Against NAFTA Trucking
(CANT) to bring together such diverse groups as immigration lobby groups, the Teamsters,
Auto clubs and automobile insurance companies in order to prevent the Clinton Administration
from lifting the ban on unlicensed, non-English speaking Mexican truckers from using uninspected, uninsured, overloaded Mexican trucks on our nation's highways.
In 1999, Border Control instituted a campaign asking every Congressman to
'Take the Pledge' that they would vote against all future amnesty and asylum provisions
offered by the Administration.
Also, in 1999, Border Control became a signatory to the Alliance for
Stabilizing America's Population and participated in efforts to help the public begin
to understand the environmental impact of uncontrolled immigration.
In 2000, Border Control litigated against abuses of our nation's immigration
policy. It challenged education policies in Hawaii and California that discriminated against
native-born American citizens
in their tuition policies. By giving preferential tuition rates to
non-citizens and illegal aliens, these states violated the Civil Rights of American
students in 49 states.
In 2001, Border Control enhanced its web site by enabling
visitors to download full-color copies of our newsletter, Border Alert. In
addition, we developed our Rapid Response program allowing immigration reform activists
who have access to the Internet to instantly respond to fast moving legislation or amendments
that might otherwise sneak by without notice.
In 2002, Border Control encouraged Congress Virgil Goode to
continue the effort to bring troops to our southern border to assist the Border Patrol
to seal teh border against drugs, disease and terrorism. And we succeeded in
getting such legislation passed in the House of Representatives
In 2003, Border Control submitted testimony to the U.S. Senate in regard to the
effort by the White House and the Social Security Administration to pass a totalization treaty
with Mexico that would, literally, enable millions of Mexicans residing in the U.S. illegally,
to receive U.S. Social Security benefits.
In 2004, Border Control initiated a Take the Pledge camapign to encourage all
candidates for Congress to pledge they would never vote for Amnesty in any shape, form or manner.
During 2005, U.S. Border Control conducted a year-long effort
to defeat Senate legislation that would grant amnesty for an estimated 20-30 million illegal
aliens currently residing in the United States; an additional estimated 100 million "family
members" residing in Mexico; and a 100 million increase in legal immigration. This legislation
would have also increased the number of special visas to business claiming there were no
Americans capable of meeing their job specifications.
In addition to opposing this legislation through the media, talk shows,
and millions of pieces of educational mail, both email and printed, U.S. Border Control
provided testimony at several hearings before the House and Senate Judiciary Committees.
As a result of our efforts and the efforts of other immigration reform
groups, the Senate bill was stopped as of this writing (August 14, 2006).
Finances
USBC relies solely on the support it receives
from individual citizens concerned with border and immigration policies.
We do not accept any government funding, nor large grants. We do this
in order to maintain total independence, so that we may work for all
Americans, not narrow special interests. In keeping with our long-standing commitment to maximize every dollar of
contributions on program activities while minimizing administrative and fundraising expenses,
we are pleased to state that our administrative and fundraising expenses for 2003 were only 10%
and 13% respectively, with 76 cents of every dollar donated going directly to program
activities. This ranks U.S. Border Control among the most cost efficient of all non-profit
lobby groups operating under section 501(c)(4) of the IRS code.
This is possible only because we use no professional fundraisers or copy writers;
our office facilities are spartan; and volunteers help us with much of our work.
Our IRS form 990 is available for review
by contacting our offices at P.O. Box 97115, Washington, DC 20090-7115,
during regular business hours. A synopsis of our report is available by mail
by sending a self-addressed 9'X12" envelope and $2.00 postage
Thank you for your interest and support.
Terrorism - Although the open borders crowd take great pains to
tell us that Mexicans are not terrorists, they forget to mention that the very same routes
the illegal aliens from Mexico and other Latin American countries travel are now being used
by terrorists. The same illegal documents that are sold in every city to Mexicans are now
being sold to terrorists. Unless and until these routes are shut down and the criminals who
sell fraudulent IDs, Social Security cards and license are put behind bars, America will
continue to be vulnerable to more terrorist attacks.
Health care - Since illegal immigrants do not receive health
inspections, new and virulent strains of diseases have been introduced into this country.
Scourges such as tuberculosis, which had been nearly eradicated, are now back and killing
Americans. Additionally, many hospital emergency rooms are being overwhelmed by illegal
immigrants seeking medical attention. More than sixty-six percent of the babies born in
Los Angeles County, for example, are born to women who have entered this country illegally.
Crime - Having had no formal introduction to our society or our
laws and with few marketable skills, many illegal immigrants support themselves and their
families by turning to crime. Approximately 25% of all inmates in U.S. prisons are in
this country illegally. The costs of feeding and housing these inmates is staggering,
and the cost of their crimes is incalculable.
Welfare fraud - Through the use of fraudulent identification
documents, illegal immigrants are able to obtain federal benefits such as Social
Security, subsidized housing, other welfare payments and public education in their
native languages.